you are what you eat en · X
Etymology
Semi-Calque of German Der Mensch ist, was er ißt (literally “The human/man is what he eats”), coined in 1850 by Ludwig Feuerbach in a review of Jacob Moleschott’s Lehre der Nahrungsmittel. Für das Volk (Erlangen, 1850). Compare German man ist, was man isst.
Meanings
- Personal health and wellbeing is determined by one's eating habits, in both positive and negative ways.
Translations (19)
hu az vagy, amit megeszel (proverb) · uk Ви є те що ви їсте (proverb) · nl je bent wat je eet (proverb) · da du er hvad du spiser (proverb) · pl jesteś tym, co jesz (proverb) · de man ist, was man ißt (proverb) · de man ist, was man isst (proverb) · ca ets el que menges (proverb) · no du er hva du spiser (proverb) · et sa oled see, mida sööd (proverb) · fr tu es ce que tu manges (proverb) · fi olet mitä syöt (proverb) · es eres lo que comes (proverb) · es de lo que se come se cría (proverb) · pt você é o que você come (proverb) · is þú ert það sem þú borðar (proverb) · ru ты то́, что ты е́шь (proverb) · sv man blir vad man äter (proverb) · fr vous êtes ce que vous mangez (proverb)